Wringer with clothes rinsing device



2,949,024 WRINGER wirn cLoTHEs RINSING DEVICE Raymond G. Miller and' Charles H. Hocking, Erie, Pa.,

assignors to Lovell Manufacturing Company, Erie, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Filed Jan. 26, 1959, Ser. No. 789,019

4 Claims. (Cl. S-22) a deflector which fans out a stream of rinse water withoutbreaking it up into drops. The deliector is preferably mounted on the top frame of the wringer with an upwardly directed wall against which the stream of rinse water is discharged at an acute angle. At its upper end, the deector has a reverse curve which both deflects and fans out and -liattens the stream and discharges it generally tangentially onto the upper wringer roll. The rate of flow of rinse water is controlled by a valve which also controls the water supply for filling the washing machine tub.

In the drawing, Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a wringer; Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary front View showing the clothes entering the bite of the rolls; and Fig. 4 is a detail of the valve controlling both the rinse water and the water for filling the washing machine tub.

The wringer is shown associated with a conventional washing machine having a tub 1 and a wringer post 2, fragmentary parts of which are shown in Fig. l.

The wringer is supported on the wringer post by its head 3, provided with the usual gear shift lever `4 controlling the reversing gearing driving upper and lower wringer rolls 5 and 6. The roll pressure is adjusted by a pressure screw 7 having a handle 8 at the center of a channel-shaped top frame 9 with downwardly extending sides 9a and 9b respectively on opposite sides of the upper roll. Asthe pressure screw is adjusted up or down, a change is made in the pressure applied to the rolls through a leaf spring 10 having ends resting on bearing blocks 11 for the upper roll 5 slidably carried in uprights 12a, 12b of the bottom frame having an upwardly facing trough or collector 12a` in which the lower roll 6 rests.

'I'he upright 12a is suitably mounted on the wringer head, either flexibly or rigidly, so the head in effect becomes part of the bottom frame. The top frame is hinger at 12d on the bottom frame above the wringer head and at the opposite end is connected to the upright 12b by a toggle release and reset mechanism comprising toggle links 12e, 1Zf respectively pivoted to the top frame and to the upright. ln the pressure applying position the pivots of the toggle links are substantially in line. To release the pressure the toggle links swing in a counterclockwise direction about the pivots to the top frames and upright 12b permitting the top frame to hinge upwardly about its pivot 12d and thereby release the pressure between the rolls. The pressure release is actuated States Patent Patented Aug. 16, 1960 Atice (by mechanism not shown) through release bars 13 on opposite sides of the rolls. As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, clothes are guided to the bite of the rolls by water boards 14 which at the center have lips 15 overlying the upper edges 16 of the collector. The parts so far described are, or may be of common construction.

Adjacent the wringer head 3 is a valve 17 fixed to the upright 12a of the bottom frame and having 'a handle 19 extending outside the wringer head. A water supply hose 20 is fixed to the valve inlet 21. In the off position of the valve, diagrammatically shown in Fig. 4, a way 22 in a valve plug 23 is closed by the inner surface 24 of the bore in which the Valve plug rotates. When the valve plug is turned 45 degrees in a clockwise direction from the position illustrated in Fig. 4, the way 22 connects the water inlet 21 to a restricted outlet 25 for supplying rinse water. When the valve plug is turned 45 degrees in a counter-clockwise direction from the position illustrated in Fig. 4, the way 22 connects the water supply 21 with an outlet 26 supplying water for filling the tub. The valve accordingly supplies both rinse water and wash water.

The restricted outlet 25 for the rinse water is connected by flexible ,tubing 27 to a tube 28 fixed to the under side of the wringer top bar 9. The flexible tubing-27 permits upward movement of the top Ibar to release the wringing pressure or to remove or replace the rolls, for example by hinging about point 12d on the wringer head. The opposite end of the ftop bar is held in the pressure applying position by the usual toggle 12e, 12j. The tube 28 which is fixed to the top bar 9 terminates in an upwardly directed nozzle 31 midway between the ends of the wringer rolls 5 and 6. The nozzle 31 discharges a stream 32 upwardly at an acute angle against and alongpa `vertical wall 33 of a deiiector 34 xed to the inside of depending side wall 9b 'on the top bar 9. As the stream 32 flows up along the vertical wall 33, it starts to fan out as indicated by dotted lines 36 in Fig. 3 and the farming continues as the stream flows into reversely curved section 37 at the top of the deflector. The reverse curve causes the stream to hug the inner surface and to be further tanned out so that upon reaching the lower edge 38 of the reversely curved section 37, the water is in the form of a thin sheet 39 substantially the full width of the reversely curved section 38 and directed downward substantially tangential to the upper roll 5. This thin sheet 39 strikes the upper roll which is moving in the same direction and follows the outer surface of the upper roll around into the bite of the rolls where the rinse water is in effect squeezed into the clothes as is desirable for effective rinsing. Discharging the rinse water in the form of a thin sheet tangentially to the upper wringer roll not only eliminates spattering of the rinse water but it is important in coating the outer surface of the upper roll with rinse water which is squeezed into the clothes. The thin sheet or stream of water tends to hold together and to spread out along the upper wringer roll. Drops of water striking either the clothes or the rolls have a tendency to spatter in all directions which means that some of the rinse water is not effectively used.

The rinse water after being squeezed through the clothes is collected in the collector 12e and is led to a suitable drain through a hose 40 connected to a nipple 41 yat the lowermost point of the collector. This means that the rinse water need not dilute the wash water.

In the fill position of the valve 17, the water supply 20 is connected to outlet 26 fixed to a tube 42 which extends underneath the collector 12e` and has a downwardly directed outlet nozzle 43 which discharges into the tub 1 whenever the wringer is located over the tub as is customary during washing. This means that the valve 17 which controls the rinse water supply can also be used for lling the tub-with wash water.

The rinsing structure is enclosed and so located that it does not interfere with the use of the wringer when no rinsing is desired. The channel-shape of the top bar encloses the tube 28 and the deflector 34, both being well above the clothes. The tube 27 and valve 17 are enclosed by the usual shrouding for the wringer head 3. The lill tube 42 is protected by the water boards 14 and by the collector 12e.

What is claimed as new is:

l. In a wringer of the type having upper and lower rolls with a bite therebetween through which clothes are drawn, said rolls being carried in a frame comprising a bottom frame with a water collector beneath the lower roll and with a head at one end of the rolls, a top frame having one end hinged to the bottom frame at the head end and having the other end connected to the bottom frame by a toggle releasable to allow the top frame to hinge upwardly and relieve the roll pressure, the combination of a valve lixed to the bottom frame adjacent the head having an inlet from a water supply and two outlets connectable under the control of the valve to the water supply, a iirst tube connected to one of said outlets and carried beneath the collector and having a nozzle which when the wringer is over a tub discharges into the tub for iilling the same, a deflector carried by the top frame above the bite of the rolls having an upwardly extending wall leading into a reverse curved section with a lip directed downwardly tangentially toward the upper roll above the bite of the rolls, a nozzle below said reversely curved section for discharging a stream of water upwardly atwan acute angle against and along said wall, said stream being fanned out by the reversely curved section and discharged in a thin sheet tangentially against the upper roll above the bite of the rolls, a second tube fixed to said top frame yand leading from said nozzle back to the head end of the top frame, a flexible tube connecting the other outlet of the valve to said second tube whereby rinse water is supplied to the upper roll ahead of the bite of the rolls, and a ilexible drain hose connected to the collector for leading rinse water from the collector to a drain,

2. In a wringer of the type having upper and lower rolls with a bite therebetween through which clothes are drawn, said rolls being carried in a frame comprising a bottom frame with a water collector beneath the lower roll and with a head at one end of the rolls, a top frame having one end hinged to the bottom frame at the head end and having the other end connected to the bottom frame by mechanism releasable to allow the top frame to hinge upwardly and relieve the roll pressure, the combination of a valve xed to the botto'rn frame having an inlet connectable under the control of the valve to a water supply, a dellector carried by the top frame above the bite of the rolls having an upwardly extending wall 4, leading to a reverse curved section with a lip directed downwardly tangentially toward the upper roll above the bite of the rolls, a nozzle below said reversely curved section for discharging a stream of water upwardly at an acute angle against and along said wall, said stream being fanned out by` the reversely curved section and discharged in a thin sheet tangentially against the upper roll above the bite of the rolls, a tube xed to said top frame and leading from said nozzle back to the head end of the top frame, and a exible tube connecting the outlet ofthe valve to said tube whereby rinse water is supplied to the upper roll ahead of the bite of the rolls and is squeezed into the clothes passing through the bite of the rolls.

3. In a wringer of the type having upper and lower rolls with a bite therebetween through which clothes are drawn and a top frame extending over the upper roll, a valve having an inlet from a water supply and an outlet connectable under the control of the valve to the water supply, a deector carried by the top frame above the bite of the rolls having an upwardly extending wall leading to a reverse curved section with a lip directed downwardly tangentially toward the upper roll above the bite of the rolls, a nozzle below said reversely curved section for discharging a stream of water upwardly at an acute angle against and along said wall, said stream being fanned out by the reversely curved section and discharged in a thin sheet tangentially against the upper roll above the bite of the rolls, and a tube connecting the outlet of the valve to said nozzle whereby rinse water is supplied to the upper roll ahead of the bite of the rolls and is squeezed into the clothes passing through the bite of the rolls.

4. In a wringer of the type having upper and lower rolls with a bite therebetween through which clothes are drawn, a valve having an inlet from a water supply and an outlet connect-able under the control of the valve to the water supply, a deflector having a wall leading to a reverse curved section with a lip directed tangentially toward one of the rolls in advance of the bite of the rolls, a nozzle for discharging a stream of water at an acute angle against and along said wall toward said reversely curved section, said stream being farmed out by the reversely curved section and discharged in a thin sheet tangentially against said one roll, and a tube connecting the outlet of the valve to said nozzle whereby rinse water is supplied ahead of the bite of the rolls and is squeezed into the clothes passing through the bite of the rolls.

Cooper June 5, 1956 Cooper May 26, 1959 

